Bob Graham

Riding a surge of voter discontent, Republicans seized control of the Senate on Tuesday, giving the GOP full command of Congress and promising a contentious final two years of the Obama administration. After months of voter surveys suggested a close battle for the Senate, the GOP romped into the majority, gaining seven seats — one more than needed — even before the polls closed in Alaska, the last of the battleground states. If not a wave, the results suggested at least a strong Republican swell. With the exception of Pennsylvania, the party protected its threatened governors, batted away Senate challenges in Georgia and Kansas, and put the scare in Sen. Mark R. Warner of...

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